SB 104 / HB 265 Computer Coding Instruction

WHAT THIS BILL DOES

Allow students to substitute two credits in computer coding courses for two credits of foreign language.

The bill wouldn’t require schools to provide additional coding courses; students could use Florida Virtual School if their school didn’t offer a specific class.

It would require the Florida College System and state universities to recognize the computer coding course credits in place of the foreign language credits.

The bill has no fiscal impact on state funds.

WHAT IT MEANS

Jobs

Career Advantage

Competitive Skills

Beginning 2019-2020 school year

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/104/Analyses/2017s00104.ed.PDF
Let me know if there’s other data I can help find. The below articles / tables are either from reputable places, or based off of reputable data. The ideal report here would be https://evansdata.com/reports/viewRelease.php?reportID=9, but it’s very costly (some reports say around $9,800), and I haven’t been able to get my hands on the data yet. Some of the reports below are based on the data in the report though.

Wages: According to http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/12, the average annual salary for folks in our field (Computer & Mathematical) in Florida is $68,980. This number is fairly low due to the range in that field.